This article will show you how to copy all outgoing email (transparently) of a specific user to another email account with Exim/cPanel. There is no built-in feature to do so, but we will use the Exim highly flexible filter scripting capability that can be achieve from the command line. 1. Log into your cPanel server… Read More »
If you are operating Ubiquiti wireless gear compatible with the Unifi controller, and running it on a Windows machine, you may have noticed that you need to start the application manually every time you restart the computer. Fortunately, there is a way of adding it “as a service”, just like any OS/system services. Follow the… Read More »
Encountered such issue in your log file of your Juniper network device? LIBJNX_FILE_SYSTEM_FAIL: /var/transfer/config/: No such file or directory This is most likely related to your configuration archival (backup), with such statement : set system archival configuration [transfer-on-commit | transfer-interval] set system archival configuration archive-sites “scp://user@IP_Address/path/to/folder” password “USER_Password” This is most likely caused by filesystem corruption… Read More »
I ran on this issue where the Remote Desktop Client crashed the second it opened the session. There was a related entry in the Event Viewer that stated the following : Faulting application name: mstsc.exe, version: 10.0.17134.112, time stamp: 0x82251f4e It turned out that the issue was caused by a mapped printer. To resolve this… Read More »
You may require sometimes to remove the license from a Windows installation, whatever this is to re-assign a license to another machine, or before publishing an appliance, etc. Follow this procedure to put back your Windows installation to the original installation state, license wise. The following commands need to be performed with the Command Prompt… Read More »
Experiencing the following error while upgrading JunOS? Verify the signature of the new package verify-sig: cannot validate certs.pem certificate is not yet valid: /C=US/ST=CA/L=Sunnyvale/O=Juniper Networks/OU=Juniper CA/CN=PackageProductionRSA_2018/emailAddress=ca@juniper.net ERROR: Package signature validation failed. Aborting install. This error could be caused by incorrect date and time set on your device (back in time). To validate the current value,… Read More »
Using “screen” on Linux to perform your important work? Way to go, SysAdmin 🙂 Then you might at some point encountered the following behavior – while attempting to resume a session using “screen -r”, the following message occurred : There is a screen on: 1610.pts-0.host (25/08/18 08:25:36 PM) (Attached) There is no screen to be… Read More »
Similar as what you can do on linux with the Message Of The Day (MOTD), there is a way to display a message to users when they login to their session. Microsoft refer to this as a “legal notice” and can be achieved through the registry. 1. Open the Windows Registry Editor with elevated privileges… Read More »
The easiest way to get hardware serial and related information is using “dmidecode“. The command below should give you exactly what you need : dmidecode -s system-serial-number The command above does not usually work with “clone” computers/servers. Alternatively, you may use the command below, which will output all parts serial number availables : dmidecode |… Read More »
This tutorial will show you the simple steps to upgrade your Ubiquiti Unifi SDN Controller running on Windows. The software can be found on the manufacturer Web site (https://www.ubnt.com/download/unifi). We recommend using the LTS (Long Term Support) version unless you need the bleeding edge features. Upgrading to newer version might not allow downgrade in case of… Read More »